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For the second time this season, the CHS girls’ hockey team played two periods of quality hockey against a tough opponent, but it still wasn’t enough as the Bulldogs fell to 0-2 at home and 1-2 overall after last Wednesday’s 7-2 loss to visiting Duxbury. It wasn’t exactly the result that the Bulldogs were expecting, […]
Dec 28 2011 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Jay Turner

Amid widespread fears that there would be no music for Christmas following the sudden ouster of popular music director Greg Paré, leaders at St. Gerard Majella Parish in Canton have indicated that a new music program is indeed in the works and that music will still be a part of the upcoming holiday masses. The […]
Dec 21 2011 | Posted in
News | By
Jay Turner

The Canton High girls’ varsity basketball team kicked off a new season under new head coach Caitlin Jamiel on Friday with a 43-42 overtime victory over visiting Sharon in the CHS gymnasium. Twice the Bulldogs built a double-digit lead in the game, and twice the Eagles came roaring back, eventually tying it in the final […]
Dec 21 2011 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Jay Turner

After opening the season with a home loss to Barnstable last Wednesday, the Canton High girls’ varsity ice hockey team responded in a big way Saturday at Dover-Sherborn, winning 10-2 to even its record at 1-1 overall. Senior assistant captain Haley Gaughan finished with a hat trick, giving her four already this season through two […]
Dec 21 2011 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Jay Turner
Coming off a close loss to Mansfield to open the season, the CHS swim teams returned to the pool last Wednesday at Attleboro to claim convincing victories over the Bombardiers, including a 97-61 win for the girls and an 88-66 win for the boys. In addition to securing their first victory, several female swimmers also […]
Dec 21 2011 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Jay Turner
A controversial housing subdivision off Village Gate Road and Wayside Lane that faced years of opposition from abutters, town meeting voters, and various town officials finally received a green light from the Planning Board last week as members unanimously approved a special permit for a flexible development plan — albeit with a boatload of conditions. […]
Dec 14 2011 | Posted in
News,
Town Government | By
Jay Turner

It isn’t often that the winning team in a championship game gets overshadowed by a single, correct officiating call, but that’s precisely what happened in the aftermath of this year’s MIAA Division 4A Super Bowl, won by Blue Hills Regional Technical School 16-14 over Boston Cathedral. The call in question, an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty against […]
Dec 14 2011 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Jay Turner
With decades of experience as an electrical engineer and inventor, Bruce Rohr’s sights remain firmly fixed on the possible. It’s an approach that has led him to numerous discoveries over the years, and one that also guides his involvement in civic affairs — right down to his participation in the newly formed Canton Green Team. […]
Dec 8 2011 | Posted in
News | By
Jay Turner

Somewhere in the middle of the Mohave Desert is a rock that Bobby Cabino knows by heart. It’s the one that his older brother Shayne is perched atop in a striking photo that has since become a family treasure. The photo captures Shayne, who was killed in action in Iraq, during his stay at the […]
Nov 30 2011 | Posted in
Features | By
Jay Turner

In the end, the better team didn’t win. Call it hometown bias or just plain shock, but that was the overwhelming sentiment among hundreds of Bulldog faithful after the CHS girls’ soccer team fell to Auburn in the Division 2 state championship game Saturday at Worcester State University. Playing on the biggest sports stage of […]
Nov 24 2011 | Posted in
High School,
Sports | By
Jay Turner